An edition of The Naked and the Dead (1948)

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The naked and the dead
Norman Mailer
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An edition of The Naked and the Dead (1948)

The naked and the dead

Limited de luxe ed.
  • 4.00 ·
  • 7 Ratings
  • 63 Want to read
  • 4 Currently reading
  • 12 Have read

Based on Mailer’s own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two, The Naked and the Dead is a graphically truthful and shattering portrayal of ordinary men in battle. First published in 1949, as America was still basking in the glories of the Allied victory, it altered forever the popular perception of warfare.

Focusing on the experiences of a fourteen-man platoon stationed on a Japanese-held island in the South Pacific during World War II, and written in a journalistic style, it tells the moving story of the soldiers' struggle to retain a sense of dignity amidst the horror of warfare, and to find a source of meaning in their lives amidst the sounds and fury of battle.

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Language
English
Pages
721

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Cover of: The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead: 50th Anniversary Edition, With a New Introduction by the Author
August 5, 2000, Picador
Paperback in English - 5 edition
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The naked and the dead
1998, H. Holt
in English - 50th anniversary ed. / with a new introduction by the author.
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The naked and the dead
1992, Paladin
in English
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The naked and the dead
1981, Henry Holt and Company, Henry Holt & Company
in English
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The naked and the dead
1964, Panther, Grafton
in English - [New ed.]
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The naked and the dead
1949, Deutsch
in English
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The naked and the dead
1949, Collector's Book Club
in English - Limited de luxe ed.
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The naked and the dead.
1948, Rinehart, The Modern Library
in English

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London

Edition Notes

"This ... edition is published by special arrangement with Messrs. Allan Wingate ... London, and appears simultaneously with their first edition. Two hundred and forty copies have been printed for sale to members of the Collector's Book Club only. In addition, thirteen copies, numbered I to XIII, have been struck off as presentation, review, and reference copies"--Prelim. p. [3]
Wingate imprint on t.p.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3525.A4152 N34 1949

The Physical Object

Pagination
[10], 721 p. ;
Number of pages
721

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3918701M
LCCN
81484857
Library Thing
10155

First Sentence

"NOBODY COULD sleep."

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